As the world’s largest museum group, the Smithsonian comprises 21 museums and the National Zoo. Each year, its museums unveil ...

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum is celebrating 50 years since the building in Washington, D.C., opened to the public and will commemorate this milestone throughout 2026. The museum ...

This model of the fictional starship Enterprise was used in the weekly hourlong “Star Trek” TV series that aired September 1966 to June 1969. The model was donated to the National Air and Space Museum ...

Robert Rauschenberg’s aviation-inspired works will headline new Smithsonian exhibition. The show will debut as part of the National Air and Space Museum’s newly renovated Flight and Arts Center. The ...

When Rauschenberg created Sky Garden (Stoned Moon) in 1969, it was the largest ever hand-pulled lithograph. Nearly 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) tall, it marks the launch of Apollo 11 and its impact. The ...

Rare Smithsonian artifacts are on display at museums across the country. Mark Strauss This SR-10F Reliant, one of only 18 of this model, participated in airmail pick-up experiments for All American ...

The latest estimates project that it will cost nearly $1 billion to renovate the National Air and Space Museum — a price tag Smithsonian officials say is cheaper than scrapping the existing building ...

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum is set to begin seven years of renovations starting summer 2018, in the first renovations since its opening in 1976. The renovations will include repairs ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But it won’t be there for much longer, perhaps. Discovery, the showpiece of the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, an annex of the ...

Hundreds of space artifacts are set to return to or debut on display with the opening of five reimagined galleries at the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. this summer.